Beware Of Being Followed Home

[TheOtherOne]

Over a year ago someone in a Jeep Cherokee followed me off the freeway one day. She finally pulled up next to me at a stop light and convinced me to roll down my window. She asked for my phone number and since she was pleasant to look at, I gave it to her. She never called though so I guess now I should switch into my paranoid mode because she was probably paid by the mafia to case me.

Anyways, the point is that not everyone that follows you has bad intentions and wants to steal your guns. Of course, I guess it's better to err on the side of safety.

 

[Phantom]

Sportcat:

Thanks for the reply...Now finish your donut and get to work. Don't
forget your body armor....

 

[Black Snowman]

Reporting this to the Police has another critical benefit. If someone is forced to protect themselves the chance of any kind of charges or lawsuit even being filed are just about nil if there is established suspician before the event.

Also, the obvious following may have been a test to see how easy a target they had. If they had been lead straight to the home without being fingered they would have known they had an un-observent and unprepaired target.

Always err on the side of over-estimating your opponent.

 

[JohnKSa]

Sportcat,

The most important error in your logic is that a person must like/respect/admire a group in order to recommend that another person seek the services of said group.

There are times when it is clear that the services of a lawyer are necessary--the fact that I realize that time is here and say so to a friend mean that I like lawyers?

There are times when a politician can be very helpful, such as in getting an appointment to a military college. Because someone points this out, does that make them a fan of politicians?

Doctors still find leeches useful for certain procedures. When a doctor recommends the use of leeches, is he telling the world he respects leeches?

Now, I'm not saying that cops are the equivalent of leeches or lawyers or politicians. I'm just pointing out a flaw in your reasoning.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

I had somebody follow me home one morning after leaving the hospital where my wife was recuperating. It was about 6:30 am, and it was a Dodge Ram pickup following closely. I took all wrong turns and several of them to be sure, and he stayed glued to me. I then pulled out onto a multi-lane and he pulled alongside. As I looked at him, he was staring at me with a wide-eyed Dr. Frankenstein expression on his puss. I turned a quick left, and he almost turned his truck sideways in effort to follow. I started leading him to the police station and I guess he realized this because he turned off. I then started following him. He looked in the mirror and I was on the cellphone talking to the police, giving them his plate number and our location. I stayed with him until the cop on the line told me to back off. Now since I carry, situations like this still bear attention, but are not quite as fear-inducing.

 

[Sportcat]

JohnKSa,

I said nothing about having to admire said group. I pointed out that there are those on this board who will bash cops, but be the first to call them.

Who says you have to call a cop when you are being followed? I agree that it is probably one of the smartest things you can do, but you legally do not have to call them.

 

[JohnKSa]

Sportcat,

You keep making the statement as if it is evidence of some sort of double standard...

But the fact that some people don't like the police and yet will recommend that the police be called in certain cases is not evidence of anything.

Like I said, you don't have to like the police to know when it's smart to give them a buzz. You don't have to be a lawyer-lover to know when you need legal counsel, etc.

 

[Preacherman]

One of the funnier "hey, he's following us!" incidents that I know of happened two years ago to a friend of mine. He, his two sons (19 and 23) and two buddies had spent the morning hunting on their lease an hour or so out of town. When they drove back home for lunch, they encountered one of the local idiots who tried to pass them on a "no-passing" stretch of road, with oncoming traffic. He wasn't successful, but seemed rather annoyed that they hadn't pulled off the road onto the shoulder to let him get by. For the next ten to fifteen miles, he alternately roared up to their rear bumper, threatening to ram, with his brights on, or pulled next to them, shaking his fist and screaming epithets.

Eventually, my friend decided that enough was enough, and pulled off the road onto the verge. His tormentor pulled off ahead of them, and jumped out of his truck, screaming threats about what he was going to do to them, etc., etc. My friend simply asked his sons to retrieve everybody's (unloaded) hunting rifles from the rear of the SUV, and by the time this moron got out of his pickup and turned to look, there were five men standing in a row next to the SUV, each one carrying a rifle (pointed safely up in the air, of course).

Apparently the twerp got that "deer-in-the-headlights" look, stood dazed for a minute, then jumped back into his pickup and took off like he was running from the Devil himself. My buddy called the cops and advised them of his behavior, and they later arrested him for meth abuse (he had paraphernalia visible in the truck when they stopped him). The cops were hugely amused... they told my friend that the perp kept muttering to himself in his cell, something about "They've all got guns! They've all got guns! They've ALL got GUNS!!"

 

[Ryder]

Not really

You are implying people should overlook indiscretions just because police can also be helpful.

I call the cops as an alternative to instigating violence. So they are useful to me but you can forget about me overlooking them acting like criminals because of that.